How to Use sweet spot in a Sentence

sweet spot

noun
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  • That puts it in the sweet spot of aggregating salaries for trades.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2022
  • The early part of a rising rate cycle tends to be the sweet spot for banks.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • The laptop—the core of many at-home-schooling sessions—seems to be the sweet spot.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
  • Hank hit the sweet spot that raised country music’s postwar profile.
    — Richard Selden, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • For marketers focused here, this demographic is the sweet spot.
    — Michael Schreiber, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2024
  • Despite being the second-longest on the course, the 8th hole has been the sweet spot of Round 1.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • Harris and Walz were both born in 1964 — placing them in the sweet spot for that usage.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The crossover between the two is the sweet spot and can enhance relationships with media outlets.
    — Lis Anderson, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • The sweet spot between the two acidity levels can result in purple flowers, and occasionally plants will sport all three colors at once.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022
  • Use a split-top bun or a standard sausage roll, whatever relish is nearby, and whatever pickled pepper hits your Scoville sweet spot.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 July 2022
  • The prospect of striking a sweet spot in relations with Brussels soured with the onset of the pandemic in the third month of Mr. Johnson’s new government.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 7 June 2022
  • EDPs are the popular sweet spot on the fragrance levels chart, containing between 15 and 20 percent perfume oil.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 June 2022
  • Cedar hits the sweet spot in terms of look and pricing.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And with its 41 mm sizing, the piece hits the sizing sweet spot.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2022
  • And according to George, the sweet spot is around a decade.
    — Emma Goldberg Sarah Mollo-Christensen Tanya Pérez Sharon Kearney, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • This tale sits at the sticky-sweet spot where these tacks collide.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2022
  • It’s a true sweet spot among the dozens of trails that weave through the woodlands around Prescott’s Thumb Butte.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Anti-Hero,' though, is right at the sweet spot with 97 BPM.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Final Thoughts: For those who like to find the sweet spot and let the paddle tech do the rest.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The sweet spot for most people is about 24 to 32 inches.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The sweet spot for white papers is often six to eight pages.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • For the price, this Eufy sits in the sweet spot between the Blink and Arlo hardware.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the sliding scale of features vs. cost, this larger unit from GE is the sweet spot.
    — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The sweet spot is to pay someone within 10% of the median of that pay range.
    — Richard Abbey, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • For most guys, the sweet spot where your bathing suit should hit is about two inches above your knee.
    — Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The film’s time period is the early 2000s, which is the composers’ teenage sweet spots.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Note the 2002 date of creation, which seems to be the sweet spot for this year’s edition of the Hong Kong Watch Auction.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
  • Is there an end goal in mind or a sweet spot in terms of size and working rhythm that would feel right to you?
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 July 2022
  • What about economic trends — what’s the sweet spot there?
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
  • The second camp was thought to be DeSantis’s sweet spot.
    — Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024

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